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May 16: Adorable Lab helps answer pet questions

Dr. Keisha Hayward from Falls Road Animal Hospital answers pet questions about how to deal with a dog traumatized by going to the vet, if it's a myth that eating grass causes dogs to throw up, and what makes some Labs want to constantly dig in the yard. While the pup doesn't actually help her answer them, she is awful cute!

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Updated: 1:34 PM EDT May 16, 2013

May 16: Adorable Lab helps answer pet questions

Dr. Keisha Hayward from Falls Road Animal Hospital answers pet questions about how to deal with a dog traumatized by going to the vet, if it's a myth that eating grass causes dogs to throw up, and what makes some Labs want to constantly dig in the yard. While the pup doesn't actually help her answer them, she is awful cute!

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WEBVTT SPOTTY RAIN CHANCES SATURDAY, REALLY MINIMAL. HIGHER ON SUNDAY. THEN MORE RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. I AM HERE WITH A DOCTOR FROM HAYWARD ANIMAL HOSPITAL. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS FACE. SHE IS SO CUTE. GOLDEN RETRIEVER. SHE IS GORGEOUS. SHE IS A YELLOW LAB. WE HAVE A TEN-YEAR OLD COONHOUND MIX, A GENTLE DOG. HE HATES GOING TO THE VET. A NEW THAT SUGGESTED ANESTHETIZING HIM TO DO BLOOD TESTS AND CHECK HIS TEETH. WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS, OR IS HE ALREADY TRAUMATIZED? A LOT OF DOGS ARE NERVOUS ABOUT GOING TO THE VET. IT IS A NEW SITUATION. WE DON'T WANT TO SKIP OUT ON THE HEALTH BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY ARE NERVOUS. SEDATION IS A GREAT WAY TO GET AROUND THAT. IF THEY ARE SEDATING THEM, THEY CAN FEEL A LITTLE MORE CALM AND YOU CAN GET EVERYTHING DONE IN ONE FELL SWOOP. DENTAL HEALTH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IF YOU'RE THAT IS RECOMMENDING IT, -- IF YOU'RE -- IF YOUR VET IS RECOMMENDING IT, HE PROBABLY SEE SOMETHING IMPORTANT. IS IT A MYTH THAT EATING GRASS WILL MAKE DOGS THROW UP? IT'S NOT THAT GRASS IS POISONOUS OR CAUSES STOMACH UPSET. DOGS WILL EAT GRASS WHEN THEY FEEL NAUSEOUS BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM PURGE THEIR STOMACH. IF YOUR DOG EAT GRASS AND IT MAKES THEM VOMIT, THEN HE'S ONE OF THOSE DOGS AND I WOULD PROBABLY JUST STAY AWAY FROM IT. I'M A IT DEPENDS ON THE DOG. -- IT DEPENDS ON THE DOG. MY BLACK AND YELLOW LAB DIGS CONSTANTLY IN THE BACKYARD. IS THERE SOMETHING I'M MISSING ? IT IS NOT JUST LABS. A LOT OF DOGS LIKE TO DIG. IT'S VERY NATURAL FOR THEM. IF YOU REALLY DON'T WANT YOUR DOGS TODAY, YOU NEED TO TRAIN THEM TO HAVE ANOTHER ACTIVITY. THEY WILL FIND THE MOST FUN THING THEY CAN DO AND DO IT. WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BEING OUTSIDE, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE WANT TO BE WORRIED ABOUT FLEAS AND TICKS AND THAT KIND OF THING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK TO YOUR VET ABOUT WHAT PRODUCTS WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO HAVE THEM ON TO PREVENT THAT. YOU DON'T WANT THEM BRINGING ANY SPECIAL FRIENDS HOME.

May 16: Adorable Lab helps answer pet questions

Dr. Keisha Hayward from Falls Road Animal Hospital answers pet questions about how to deal with a dog traumatized by going to the vet, if it's a myth that eating grass causes dogs to throw up, and what makes some Labs want to constantly dig in the yard. While the pup doesn't actually help her answer them, she is awful cute!